Cabinet

Florence, ca 1680

Poplar, rosewood, ebony, marble, semi-precious stones

133,4 x 99,8 x 58,5 cm

Inv.-Nr. R 2130

Transferred from the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften in 1856

Gallery 67

Max Emanuel, the Prince Elector, whose armorial bearings with the electoral crown are above the middle door, had this cabinet made in Florence in about 1680. The pietra-dura pictorial panels, made up of various types of stone in a sort of mosaic, are a distinguishing feature of these magnificent and much sought-after cabinets. The Grand Ducal workshops of the Medici in Florence made and exported many of them.